antigambling
Opposing betting practices
Antigambling describes opposition to gambling or efforts to restrict it: antigambling legislation, antigambling advocates.
The term appears in discussions of casino regulation, sports betting laws, and moral campaigns against games of chance.
Also spelled anti-gambling.
Authoritative legal ban
- banOfficial restriction on something
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- lawBinding principle or regulation
- statuteEnacted written rule
restriction · enforcement · policy · ordinance · decree · licensing · oversight · compliance
Compulsive substance reliance
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- debtMoney owed another
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- povertySevere lack of resources
crime · family breakdown · suicide · homelessness · desperation · isolation · dependency · ruination
State of perceiving reality
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- support groupsGatherings for shared struggles
intervention · counseling · hotline · education · campaign · activism · movement · coalition
Study of right conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
- restraintControl over impulses
vice · sin · conscience · rectitude · probity · integrity · discipline · prudence
prohibition
Authoritative legal ban
- banOfficial restriction on something
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- lawBinding principle or regulation
statute · restriction · enforcement · policy · ordinance · decree · licensing · oversight · compliance · penalty
addiction
Compulsive substance reliance
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- debtMoney owed another
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
poverty · crime · family breakdown · suicide · homelessness · desperation · isolation · dependency · ruination · exploitation
awareness
State of perceiving reality
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
support groups · intervention · counseling · hotline · education · campaign · activism · movement · coalition · organization
ethics
Study of right conduct
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- abstinenceVoluntary forgoing of indulgences
restraint · vice · sin · conscience · rectitude · probity · integrity · discipline · prudence · righteousness